IND vs Eng: Joe Route to India – ‘Do not ask for a change in one ball, learn to customize’. Cricket news
Timesofindia.com in London: Dux ball has come under the scope of a heavy investigation into the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy from players and media. The debate started again during the third Test at Lord’s when Shubman Gill was repeatedly seen to check the ball near the umpire. The umpires were often seen putting the ball through the gauge -sometimes it was rejected, sometimes replaced. This process was played several times during the first session, due to losing its size to the ball on a large scale.In fact, 2 days alone, Duke Ball was replaced twice. After changing the 10 over-old ball, the Indian players still expressed their dissatisfaction, which led to another change within minutes.Even before the Lord’s Test, Captain Shubman Gill and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant softened their concerns about the Duke Ball and very often about being soft and losing size.
Amidst controversy, England’s Joe Root appeared to take a subtle job in India, stating that teams should be suited to the challenge.Root said after the day’s game, “Summer is hot, squares are hard. No two balls are the same. You are not to customize it and take it as a challenge, don’t ask for change.”
Root, who followed his century with a record-setting catch, played an important role with Joffra Archer-he made a successful return with a wicket-as he was dominated by 2 on England.England posted 387 in their first innings, and in response, India reached 145 in stumps, behind 242 runs.“I think it’s a good score. It is already warm, dry and very slow. We have important runs on the board. Something always happens to work here … even if the ball is softened,” Root said.
